Twayne's critical history of American drama

Provides analysis of American playwrights whose works have a strong feminist message. Covers four eras, including feminist dramatists of colonial America, the suffrage plays of the early women's movement, the social protest dramas of the 1920s and 1930s, and the plays advocating equal rights from the late 1960s onward.

Traces the history and development of modern American drama between 1940 and 1960 through analysis of seven dramatist's works including Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee.

A chronological examination of American drama written between 1665 and 1917, exploring the role of drama in the American Revolution, discussing the emergence of national character types, and looking at the increasingly complex dramatic practice after the Civil War.

Survey of contemporary American drama since 1960, concentrating on approximately two dozen dramatists, and looking at the influences of African-American, women, and gay playwrights as well as the social themes of racism, sexism, homophobia and mortality.

Traces the history and development of Modern American drama after World War I to World War II.